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Donations to Episcopal Relief and Development's Hurricane Fund will be designated for preparation and response in areas that are in the path of the tropical storm "Isaac."  As of Friday, Aug. 24, Episcopal Relief and Development (ERD) had reached…

The Diocese of Massachusetts' fall Resource Day is an annual learning event that brings together leadership teams from congregations around the diocese for skill-building and best-practices workshops on an array of topics and for networking with one…

[Episcopal News Service] It was the first day of the summer B-SAFE program in the Diocese of Massachusetts, and one girl in Priscilla Alcantara’s group kept wandering off, unwilling to talk to the other sixth-graders because her friends were in a different group. Alcantara, a teen staff member,…

Havenside, a nonprofit independent-living apartment complex for elders on Martha's Vineyard, will host its annual "Summer Soiree" for residents on Thursday, Aug. 9, 3-5 p.m., during which two buildings will be formally dedicated and named in honor of two individuals for their contributions to…

Members of the diocese's Youth Leadership Academy (YLA) and their adult mentors, including Bishop M. Thomas Shaw, SSJE, will spend July 21-28 in El Salvador, learning more about the country and its history and building relationships with Salvadoran youth.They will be sharing reflections about their…

Joshua DuBois, Executive Director of the White House Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Tracy J. Sukraw Partnerships, on May 24 visited St. Stephen's Church in Boston and the lively Blackstone Elementary…

A tithe of $2 million from the ongoing diocesan Together Now fundraising campaign is designated for mission beyond the Diocese of Massachusetts; $500,000 of that tithe amount will fund existing mission partnerships.  Late last year, Diocesan Council approved grants of $250,000 to the Bishop…

“We emerge with abundant hope, better discipline for working together and with partners beyond this church, for our fundamental reason for being--engagement with God’s mission,” E piscopal Church Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori states in her…